Get to know our faculty members and find your new mentor! Explore our profile videos to hear about faculty interests, expertise, and roles in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. You’ll learn about their clinical training and experiences, unique research areas and labs, involvement with our clinic, and other program insights as you prepare for your exciting graduate school journey at the Arnold School of Public Health.
Charley (Charles) is Clinical Assistant Professor who is a certified speech-language pathologist He has supervised students and taught a course in stuttering for over 20 years. He has a PhD in COMD. He holds his ASHA CCCs and SC license in SLP.
Suzanne is an Associate Professor who is a world expert in clinical research on reading disorders. She has a PhD in COMD.
Jamy Claire is a Clinical Assistant Professor who has supervised and provided clinical services to children who have cochlear implants, LSVT Loud and other types of clinical cases. She is the co-director of the auditory-verbal therapy track for students interested in treatment for individuals with cochlear implants. She holds her ASHA CCCs, her LSLS Certification and SC license in SLP.
Meisam is an Assistant Professor and hearing scientist whose research focuses on age-related hearing loss, speech recognition, cognitive impairment, and cochlear implant outcomes. His expertise lies at the intersection of hearing, biomedical engineering, auditory cognitive neuroscience, and clinical audiology. He teaches Speech Science and Cochlear Implants as an elective course.
Beth (Elizabeth) is a Clinical Assistant Professor who teaches a variety of courses in ar-ticulation, literacy, and neurogenic cognitive disorders in the Distance Education pro-gram. She is also the Director of the Graduate Program. She holds her ASHA CCCs and NC license in SLP.
Heather is a Professor who is clinically certified. She teaches Pediatric Dysphagia but is also a voice expert. She conducts research in voice. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC license in SLP.
Gina (Eugenia) is a certified speech language pathologist and a Clinical Assistant Pro-fessor. She is bilingual and provides supervision for pediatric cases. Gina is the co-director of the AVT track. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC License in SLP.
Dirk is an Associate Professor and conducts research on aphasia. He is qualified to teach in the master’s program because of his extensive clinical research. He teaches aphasia and motor speech disorders in the residential and distance program.
Laura is the Cochlear Implant Team Coordinator. She is a certified audiologist and teaches audiology. She holds her ASHA CCCs in Audiology and SC License in Audiology.
Lisa is an Associate Professor and is a clinical speech-language pathologist who con-ducts research on speech and language disorders including reading disorders and is-sues related to bilingualism. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC License in SLP.
Laura is a Clinical Instructor and provides services in Speak-Out and other adult ser-vices and supervises students. She is the co-director of the Neurogenic specialization track. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC License in SLP.
Heather (Nikki) is a Clinical Audiologist who provides audiology services and supervises as needed. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC License in Audiology.
Abby Hogan is an Assistant Professor who is an expert in autism and conducts research. She teaches Research Methods and Counseling.
Jessica Klusek is an Associate Professor who is an expert in fragile X and teaches Autism to campus and DE students. She holds her CCCs and SC License in SLP
Sigfus is an Research Assistant Professor who is transitioning to the tenure track as an Assistant Professor. He conducts research in aphasia and teaches Stuttering. Prior to coming to USC, he was a speech-language pathologist in Iceland.
William Matchin is an Assistant Professor. His background is in linguistics. He also teaches Speech and Language Development to students who are accepted into the master’s program but who do not have a background.
Angela is the Clinic Director and a Clinical Associate Professor. She also supervises stu-dents for pediatric cases (myofunctional therapy). She teaches a course in phonological disorders. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC License in SLP.
Caryn teaches courses in the Distance Education program: Medical Speech-Language Pathology, Trach and Vent, Laryngectomy. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC License in SLP.
Hannah is an audiology intern who will supervise students when qualified in the future. She currently provides audiology services.
Juliana is a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Director of External Clinical Practicum. She supervises simulated practicum experiences and teaches the Professional Issues and a clinical methods course. She holds her ASHA CCCs and licenses for SLP in SC and GA
Crystal is the Director of Distance Education and a Clinical Assistant Professor. She pro-vides academic advisement to all students in the program. She also provides docu-ments as requested by the College of Education (ADEPT). She supervises Speech Camp, the first summer practicum. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC License in SLP.
Jean is a Professor and Chair of the Department. She is the Director of the Graduate pro-gram for CAA purposes, overseeing the Leadership Team. She teaches Cognitive Disor-ders and Geriatrics in COMD. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC License in SLP.
Joanna is the Assistant Director of External Clinical Practicum and a Clinical Assistant Professor . She teaches Augmentative Communication , Practicum, and Observation.
Ariana is a Clinical Instructor who is a clinical speech-language pathologist with over 15 years providing services to children. She also has 3 years’ experience as a clinical su-pervisor and is new to USC. She holds her ASHA CCCs.
Erin is an Assistant Professor on the tenure track at the preschool level. By way of her training as a clinical researcher, she is qualified to teach Preschool Language and Litera-cy and an elective on DEI.
Casey (Catherine) is a Clinical Instructor and supervises students, focusing on adults. She also is co-director of the Neurogenic Specialization track. She holds her ASHA CCCs and SC License in SLP.
Liz (Elizabeth) Will is an Assistant Professor and teaches Research. She has an R00 grant which limits her teaching to one course per year